Chapter 3 Family History

The Li family lives in Lijia Village, Chizhou Prefecture, and is considered a wealthy family in the countryside, his father is a boxer, this kung fu seems to have been handed down from his ancestors, and about kung fu is also good, because it seems that there is a little fame in ten miles and eight townships, usually at home to collect apprentices, and occasionally at the invitation of others to go darts, her mother is a girl from a talented family, literate and gifted, barely a scholarly family, three sons and a daughter of the Li family, the eldest Li Zongliang, the second Li Zongdong, the third Li Zongfu, the youngest is Li Yimei.

Last winter, the war between Wu and South Vietnam burned into Lijia Village, in the middle of the night, Lijia Village did not know whether it was the rout of Wu State, or the vanguard of South Vietnam, surrounded Tu Village, Li's father took more than a dozen apprentices, although he could fight, but in the end the enemy was only a gun, arrows and armor, into the formation of soldiers, was shot into a hedgehog, mother was also shot to death, three brothers, two small ones were stabbed to death by spears, the whole village of more than 300 people, in the end only five of them escaped, Li Yimei was carried by the eldest brother, was hit on the head by a wooden stick flying out of nowhere, I was unconscious until one night, in a ruined temple, Li Xiaoyao woke up in this body.

Li Xiaoyi, in fact, is Li Xiaomei, naturally a little lady, fourteen years old this year, born on the tenth day of the fifth month, after nine deaths and a lifetime, she insisted on pretending to be a boy, and her name was also called Xiaomei, she was the youngest one, the customs of Wu Land, the youngest was called Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi herself found a job for herself, every day to Changfeng Lou to sell Ejiao jujubes, people sold a pound of Ejiao jujubes to earn 20 big money, she made at least 40 big money, and the partial sale was faster than others, in the past Changfeng Lou was not a few days, as long as her jujubes were not sold out, other boys' dates can't be sold.

Because of this, several boys who had been selling dates in Changfeng Building blocked her in the back alley, wanting to teach her a lesson, it was best to beat her out of Changfeng Building, but she shouted and shouted out her brother Li Zonggui, who worked in the back kitchen, and several people were beaten by Li Zonggui's fists and feet, and the shopkeeper of Changfeng Building was biased towards her, and several boys had to admit it, but fortunately, Li Xiaoqi only sold five catties of dates a day, and did not sell one more, but it did not let everyone lose much, gradually, everyone got used to it, Every day, she waits for the dates to be sold before starting business.

Li Zonggui's little noble son, is Li Xiaoqi's cousin who did not come out of the five suits, his father died when he was a child, and his mother remarried after two years, and his father took him to his own home and raised him with his children.

Guizi looks a little monkey, and he really has the strengths of a monkey, his mind is flexible, his reaction is very fast, his ears are very good, and he speaks a lot faster than others, but he doesn't talk much, just a few days after arriving in Taiping Mansion, he first found a job in the back kitchen of Changfeng Building to debone the meat case, and Li Xiaoqi also followed him, so he went to Changfeng Building to sell Ejiao dates.

Wei Shuisheng was originally a child of a wealthy family, however, Li Xiaoqi was not sure whether the wealth they were talking about was the wealth she understood, anyway, Shui Sheng never had his own girl, or he didn't have a girl at all, but Wei Shuisheng had a nurse, Wei Shuisheng was smart since he was a child, and his father invited Mr. to teach him at home when he was four or five years old. Inquire that there are masters in Lijia Village, so they secretly ran out to learn martial arts, that is, because of this, they chose a life, the Wei family is close to the Nanyue country, Wei Shuisheng ran to Lijia Village in the year, the two countries were fighting, a rout army passed through Zhuangzi, ransacked the Wei family, and then set a fire, the family, Wei Shuisheng picked out a life by mistake, since then, Wei Shuisheng has become a member of the Li family,

When Wei Shuisheng sits alone, he always exudes a little bit of sadness, he doesn't talk much, he speaks gently, and he is also polite like a scholar, after all, he has read so many years of books, compared to Erhuai and Guizi, his bearing is much more elegant and calm, Guizi said that he has good kung fu, and he is accurate and ruthless, much more powerful than him, but Xiao Qi hasn't had a chance to see him do it, she only sees Guizi beating people very well.

Wei Shuisheng wrote a good handwriting, and after a year, he found a job copying books in a bookstore, and Li Xiaoqi sold out of jujubes, so he went to him to drink tea and read books.

Li Erhuai is a child picked up by Xiaoqi's father once a dart, only two or three years old when he arrived at Li's house, and temporarily followed the surname Li, because he was picked under two locust trees, he named him Erhuai, and said that when he became an adult, he would take him back to find his father and mother's brother, if he could find it, it would be good to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, but according to Li Xiaoqi, Erhuai was satisfied with the surname Li Ji, and he did not mean to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors.

Li Erhuai is stout, strong, eats a lot, and is also very able to endure hardships, among several people, the work is done by him, or in other words, the dirty work is done by him, and he is also very happy, Erhuai is also skillful, weaving straw shoes, baskets, bamboo mats, and even some simple carpentry work, he will, weave out straw shoes, baskets, all stable, can not find any fault, but people can't feel exquisite, no matter how you look at it, there is a lack of aura.

Erhuai's mouth is stupid but there are a lot of words, the more he wants to flatter and praise him, the more he says it, the more stuffy it is, and he is a well-known stinky mouth.

The eldest brother is called Li Zongliang, is the eldest brother of Li Xiaoyi's relatives, Li Zongliang and Li Erhuai are now working as buddies in a grain store, Li Zongliang is literate, responds quickly, has a clear account, and has a very refreshing brain, which is already a small tent in the grain store.

When Li Xiaoqi woke up in the broken temple, everything else was fine, but the two legs did not have any sensation, a few people took her to Chizhou Mansion to seek medical treatment, and Dr. Wan of Chizhou Mansion said that it was a meridian occlusion, and asked them to go to Taiping Mansion to find a divine needle national hand Dr. Wang for diagnosis and treatment, and several people rushed to Taiping Mansion from Chizhou Mansion, and after a few months of needles at Dr. Wang, they finally saved Li Xiaomi's two legs.

Wei Shuisheng carried a few bags of cooked vegetables and followed Li Xiaoyi, who was excited all the way, into the courtyard.

"Look at Xiao Mi so happy, what's the happy thing?" Mrs. Shen, who lived next door to Li Xiaoyi, bent over to fry the vegetables, turned her head to look at Li Xiaoqi and Wei Shuisheng, and greeted with a smile:

"A guest rewarded me with a few bucks today!" Li Xiaoqi jumped into the courtyard and replied happily, Li Erhuai was squatting in front of the pot under the eaves, holding a few hemp poles to cook rice, so cooking rice is Li Erhuai's unique skill, boiling rice over the fire, and then replacing it with a large handful of hemp rods, a handful of hemp rods are burned, and then stuffy for half an hour, a pot of rice is good, the aroma is not to mention, the pot full of pots is golden and crispy, it is Li Xiaoyi's favorite delicacy, Li Xiaoqi jumped to Li Erhuai's side, bent down to his ear, and whispered: "Brother Erhuai, I made a lot of money today, and bought you three catties of fried lungs, Bought from Chang Kee! ”

Erhuai sucked his saliva violently, turned his head, and salivated: "I'll just say, my sister is the best!" ”

"Little one! I don't have to eat after calling it wrong! Li Xiaoqi stomped his feet hatefully, turned around and entered the house.

Wei Shuisheng had already entered the house, put the lotus leaf bag in his hand on the table, the eldest brother Li Zongliang was carefully keeping down the account, hurriedly put down the pen and stood up, turned around and took a few big bowls, the two opened the lotus leaf bag, and shook the dish into the big bowl, Li Zongliang saw Li Xiaoqi come in, hurriedly turned around, raised his chin and signaled the burden on the bed: "My sister, go and see, Grandma Sun asked someone to bring you clothes again." Li Xiaoqi jumped to the bed, opened the baggage, shook out an emerald green skirt and compared it with a light green shirt, folded it carefully, and sighed: "I'm a man now, I can't wear a skirt!" ”

Li Zongliang looked at Wei Shuisheng, with a helpless smile, Wei Shuisheng looked at the burden on the bed, and said with emotion: "My sister is blessed, we were in Chizhou City last year, and we only lived for a few days, and Grandma Sun hurt my sister to the heart, and I have carried four or five times of clothes for most of the year." ”

"No, thanks to Uncle Sun, we can go to this Taiping Mansion smoothly and heal my sister's leg." Li Zongliang also sighed, Li Xiaoqi wrapped up the burden, and a new pair of shoes were revealed under the baggage, Li Xiaoqi picked them up and gestured and asked, "These shoes were also brought by Grandma?" It's too big, this needle angle ••••••"

Li Zongliang turned his head to see the shoes, his face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "No, it was sent by the lady from the other door." ”

"Oh••••••" Li Xiaoqi looked at the eldest brother, and asked in a long voice: "It's so big, it's definitely not for me, who is it for?" ”

Wei Shuisheng looked at Li Zongliang, and then at the shoes in Li Mimei's hand, and also smiled and coaxed: "Mimei brought it over and let me try it to see if it fits." ”

"That's what Mrs. Liu made for her eldest brother! What's the matter with you both! Erhuai clapped his hands and came in, leaned over to the table, reached out and threw a piece of fried lung slices into his mouth, chewing loudly, while saying, Li Xiaoqi patted the shoes in his hand, walked to Li Zongliang's side, touched him, and asked in a low voice, "You really like her?" ”

"Nope!"

"Really?" Li Xiaoqi looked up at his eldest brother. asked solemnly: "Can't you be duplicitous!" If you really don't like it, I'll send these shoes back? ”

"Send it back, I wanted to send it back just now, seeing that Uncle Liu hasn't come back yet, she is alone at her house, for fear of causing gossip, I didn't dare to go over, you can send it back." Li Zongliang's voice was calm and didn't care, Li Xiaoqi breathed a long sigh of relief, that Liu Hong girl, she looked good, shaved shoulders and water snake waist, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, but her lips were thicker, people were also kind, there was nothing bad about her, to be exact, she didn't have a heart at all, she was so stupid that she was stupid, but she was not worthy of her eldest brother, this daughter-in-law is a very cautious thing, a good daughter-in-law, three generations of good descendants, such a stupid woman who is speechless, even a woman who can't do a pair of shoes, no matter how good she looks, she can't be her sister-in-law Li Xiaoyi!

"And I'm going?"

"Go, don't delay, hurry back to dinner." Li Zongliang instructed, Li Xiaoqi agreed, took his shoes and went out of the door, and went to Liu's house diagonally opposite the door.